Ravichandran Ashwin failed to recover from an abdominal strain for the ongoing Boxing Day Test against Australia.

Ravichandran Ashwin, India's premier spinner, was ruled out of the second Test against Australia in Perth after suffering left-side abdominal strain. The 32-year-old did not recover in time to be considered for the ongoing Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and former India skipper Sourav Ganguly has raised his concerns over it. "Ashwin is not doing his reputation any good," Ganguly wrote in a newspaper and said that being the premier spinner for the side Ashwin can't keep himself out of action, so many times, due to injuries during the overseas tours.